Anne Hathaway Quotes

Pressure is self-doubt when you're unprepared.

Every time I make a movie I think that it's going to be my last one, I think that no one is going to show up. I always have this sense that they're all going to fail. I am scared to death.

I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

I'm in a complete state of panic before I begin something because I'm sure that it's going to be a complete disaster. I'm going to do a worse job than anybody could ever imagine anybody doing on the planet Earth.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I have a fear of failure.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what you're doing.

I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I am very self-doubting; it has come out of experience.

Ninety percent of the time when I'm working, there's this very palpable sensation that I'm doing everything wrong and should just give up.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

I don't believe anyone ever suspects how completely unsure I am of my work and myself and what tortures of self-doubting the doubt of others has always given me.

I'm always nervous before a job! I always think I'm going to be fired, I always think I can't do it. I always think I'm going to disappoint somebody, myself included.

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

Fear is the ultimate cause of failure and disappointment.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

My biggest enemy for the longest time was my head. When I first became successful, it made me anxious because I was overthinking everything, and you hear so many 'fail' stories.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.